Stuart Leavenworth
State Editor, Los Angeles Times | Ex WaPo, McClatchy, SacBee, N&O | Repatriated Californian | Banana Slug | Community Volunteer | Cyclist | Liverpool fan | No, I don’t care how many followers you have.
- Pam Bondi, lthe top justice official in the US, posted photos of defendants prior to them getting a hearing. Lisa Lopez, their lawyer, said the posting was dangerous to her clients. “They don’t get the same courtesy,” Ms. Lopez said, “as masked agents.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
- What Bezos is doing at @thewashingtonpost.bsky.social is so stupid, painful, and unnecessary.
- Making Polio Great Again. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
- Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi shared the news on X, calling it “a direct result of President Trump’s law-and-order leadership.” Under the president, she said, “criminals have no safe harbor.” Unless they are Honduran government drug lords. www.latimes.com/california/s...
- Trump TACO Wednesday. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
- “It is no longer the same Mexico of my childhood,” said Ramírez, 45, one of those deported. “There was more joy, more freedom. But that’s not the case anymore.” www.latimes.com/world-nation...
- “This constitutes as deadly force as far as the law is concerned,” said Ed Obayashi, former sheriff’s deputy and legal advisor to police agencies. www.latimes.com/california/s...
- Well worth a read, by @terrencemccoy.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
- Chevron issued this statement after the US coup, then replaced it with one omitting mention of the US government: “We’re prepared to work constructively with the U.S. government…leveraging our experience and presence to strengthen U.S. energy security.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/b...
- Because the Trump movement is a cult of personality, with no consistent principles and no concern for truth, many of its boosters don’t care whether a success is real or phony. Gift link: Column by @davidfrum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
- “This admission by Trump and his occult cabinet members means this illegal intimidation tactic will finally come to an end,” Newsom wrote on X, www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
- Significant www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
- Not totally surprising but still stunning. Via @susrust.bsky.social & @ianjames.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
- That our president would trash Reiner before his body is even buried would be a badge of honor to the Hollywood star, an acknowledgment that Reiner’s warnings carried weight, and that Reiner was a messenger to be reckoned with. Column by @anitachabria.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
- “The way we were pushed so hard to investigate, it was clear …this was a political hit job that actually would end up not helping anyone,” said one former DOJ lawyer. Via @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
- Reposted by Stuart LeavenworthThe first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
- Congrats to @lajourno.bsky.social and the rest of a big team at @latimes.com and Capital & Main for winning December's Sidney award from @sidneyhillman.bsky.social Important recognition for stories exposing the conditions child farmworkers face in California. hillmanfoundation.org/sidney-award...
- George Orwell could never have dreamed this up: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
- Swalwell is going after Pulte, son of a billionaire home building empire, accusing him of using his office to punish Trump opponents. This will be fun. 🍿 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
- California is letting teen farm workers toil amid heat & toxic pesticides, unable to complain, for fear of ICE and boss retribution. Proud to have helped guide this investigative project, in collaboration with Capital & Main, Robert J. Lopez and Barbara Davidson. www.latimes.com/california/s...
- Reposted by Stuart LeavenworthMy latest investigation—a collaboration 2 years in the making www.latimes.com/california/s...
- Pretty bad day in court for Texas and its right-wing agenda. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
- @postopinions.bsky.social seems fine serving as a platform for investors who see opportunity in the US carrying out extrajudicial killings — on Trump’s orders — and then invading Venezuela. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
- Machado said Trump “absolutely” deserves a Nobel Peace Prize of his own due to the “incredible events that are taking place currently in the world.” Begs the question — did the Nobel committee award her this peace prize to suck up to Trump? www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/a...
- To help the shipping industry continue polluting without costs, the US launched a pressure campaign that officials around the world have called extraordinary, even by the standards of the Trump administration’s combativeness. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
- Judge Immergut disputed Trump’s claim that antifa, at least in Portland, is an organized and cohesive group working against the federal government. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
- WH press secretary Karoline Leavitt claims California has receiving Prop. 50 ballots from undocumented immigrants who could not legally vote. “There’s countless examples and we’d be happy to provide them.” When asked to provide examples, the WH did not respond. www.latimes.com/california/s...
- Last week, MAGA had a total anti-Indian meltdown on social media, revealing a deep, ugly racism toward South Asians. Plus, tolerance of an anti-Semite who has declared himself part of “Team Hitler.” Column by @anitachabria.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
- While Trump demolished the East Wing and hit up grovelers to pay for a $300-million ballroom, Newsom worked on a much different project. He raised over $100 million to thwart Trump with Proposition 50. George Skelton of @latimes.com still bringing the fire. www.latimes.com/politics/new...
- Immigrants made the Dodgers—Blue Jays series a true World Series, with one team representing a nation tormented by tariffs and insults from the leader of a country once considered their closest ally. @raineytime.bsky.social newsletter www.latimes.com/california/n...
- Truly a World Series. For the first two games, the average viewership in Japan was almost as high as in the US, despite a population one-third as large, and the average viewership in Canada was 10 times greater than last year. www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...
- Wake me up when the LA-Toronto game is over… www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...
- This is a catastrophe just moments from happening. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
- Reposted by Stuart LeavenworthThe richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?
- “This administration has made no secret of its goal to undermine free and fair elections. Deploying these federal forces appears to be an intimidation tactic meant for one thing: suppress the vote.” www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
- The dominant aesthetic of the Trump administration comes not from antiquity but from A.I. slop, the tackier and more juvenile the better. Column by @michellegoldberg.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
- Trump is literally tearing the White House apart. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
- Some fine images of #nokings today by my friends Renee & Paul of @sacbee.com Photos: ‘No Kings’ protests in Sacramento and Roseville www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
- This is another bad-ass podcast by @latimes Christopher Goffard —a damning indictment of a sheriff so pumped up with his power he tried to intimidate a young female FBI agent. He failed in spectacular fashion.
- Even FoxNews — generally a mouthpiece for the Trump administration — is refusing to abide by its Pentagon media restrictions. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
- Reposted by Stuart LeavenworthNext step in this extortion racket: You want federal money, you sing sweet words about fossil fuels and you don't talk about climate change. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
- Pope Leo XIV: “Every day, there are reporters who put their lives at risk to inform people about what is really happening…Many have died while carrying out their duties…We must not forget them! www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
- Trump to spend $50 million on Greenland’s polar bears as he guts efforts to combat climate change, which makes their extinction inevitable. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
- Reposted by Stuart LeavenworthThe Dept. of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the U.S. www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
- And, of course, it would have to be a "Florida Man." @craigtimes.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
- “Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this. But the unprecedented threat that RFK Jr’s policies pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
- Refinery explodes in densely populated neighborhood. Because of gov shutdown and Trump deregulatory policies, it may never be investigated. www.latimes.com/environment/...
- War-ravaged? In Portland, residents say they are “bewilderment-ravaged” by Trump’s latest assault on the truth. www.latimes.com/world-nation...
- “Nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda is being canceled,” said Russell Vought, nixing $$ for CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, MD, MA, MN, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OR, VT, WA - all Dem states. Via @hayleysmith.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/...
- Trump blamed Obama when a white Christian nationalist killed black church parishioners in Charleston SC, and never said anything in sympathy with the victims. Today, with the latest horrible violence against a church … www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
- ICYMI: Powerful interactive report by @lamarrlemee.bsky.social on how and where ICE is shuttling detainees nationwide, often for retaliatory reasons, lawyers say. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
- ICYMI: Trump’s people go after a U.S. Army veteran… Via @melissagomez.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
- I am fortunate to work with talented @latimes.com journalists such as @melissagomez.bsky.social & Christina House. This is their story of a Venezuelan mom who fled violence and tried to find refuge with her family in an LA church basement. Then the ICE raids hit. www.latimes.com/california/s...
- Another scoop by Brianna Sacks of @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
